New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES
Chapter 6 - AFFILIATE TRANSACTIONS
Part 450 - AFFILIATE TRANSACTIONS
Section 17.6.450.12 - PROCEDURES FOR APPLICATIONS FOR APPROVAL OF GENERAL DIVERSIFICATION PLANS: APPLICATIONS FOR APPROVAL OF GENERAL DIVERSIFICATION PLANS

A. A utility seeking approval of its general diversification plan shall file an application with the Commission.

B. Concurrently with the filing of any application under NMPSC Rule 450 [17.6.450 NMAC] the utility will send notice of such filing to each intervenor in its preceding rate case and the Attorney General.

C. Upon the filing of any application under NMPSC Rule 450 [17.6.450 NMAC] the Commission shall determine whether good cause exists to hold a hearing in the matter. If the Commission determines that good cause exists, notice of the hearing shall be given to the utility and each intervenor in its preceding rate case, and notice shall also be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the principal New Mexico office of the utility is located and such other counties as the Commission directs. Such notice shall be given at least twenty (20) days prior to the hearing.

D. If the Commission determines that good cause does not exist to hold a hearing, public notice shall be published as above at least twenty (20) days prior to consideration by the Commission at an open meeting. The applicant shall bear the cost of all publications.

E. Hearings and other procedures will be conducted in a manner consistent with the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure.